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 Jerome Tate 

Jerome Tate graduated from Selma High School in 1977 where he excelled in football and played in the Alabama All-Star game in 1977. Tate graduated from Alabama A&M in 1982 and served one season as a graduate assistant at the school in 1983.

He landed his first high school coaching position at Keith High School as the head football coach for one season in 1982. His team finished with a 4-5 records.

In 1984, Tate served one season as the offensive line coach at Tuskegee Institute before working five seasons (1985-89) as offensive/defensive line coach and five years (1990-94) as the defensive coordinator at Lanett.

Tate accepted the head coaching position at Loachapoka in 1995 where he begins his twenty-first year entering the 2015 season. He also serves as the athletic director at Loachapoka.

The Indians made the playoffs for the 14th year in a row in 2016 and have qualified for the playoffs in eighteen seasons during his tenure at the school.

Coach Tates teams have won four region titles over the past 23 years. His 2004 team went undefeated in the regular season and finished with a 12-1 record.

The 2009 team finished 11-2 reaching the semi-finals of the state playoffs before losing. All but five of his teams have finished the season with a winning record.

He was named Opelika/Auburn News coach of the year in 1997 and 2005, Montgomery Advertiser 1A-2A coach of the year in 2005 and the Alabama Football Coaches Association 1A coach of the year in 2009.

Tate coached in the 1997 and 2010 North/South All-Star game and the 2005 Alabama/Mississippi All-Star football game. He was inducted into the Alabama A&M Sport Hall of Fame in 2006.


Known Record:  156-103-0   60.2%
 Season Total   Playoffs   Region Record 
 Team   Season  Class   W/L/T   PF  PA   W/L/T  PF  PA   Region  Title  W/L/T   PF  PA 
Loachapoka
Loachapoka2016 1A3-82893780-1750R33-3202168
Loachapoka2015 1A4-72193020-12630R33-29698
Loachapoka2014 1A3-71283050-1640R32-376146
Loachapoka2013 1A10-34131542-16957R4#7-028527
Loachapoka2012 1A6-52521920-12627R46-119756
Loachapoka2011 1A5-61703260-1041R35-2170182
Loachapoka2010 1A6-52752230-1726R35-222395
Loachapoka2009 1A11-23971363-18970R4#7-027333
Loachapoka2008 1A9-33141172-14030R46-124049
Loachapoka2007 2A9-23051020-1017R36-120970
Loachapoka2006 2A8-42681591-13332R36-118776
Loachapoka2005 1A10-33491192-17239R35-218560
Loachapoka2004 1A12-13831102-13941R3#7-022951
Loachapoka2003 1A7-42461620-1020R54-3161106
Loachapoka2002 1A3-7185282R51-6104231
Loachapoka2001 1A3-7162334R50-560191
Loachapoka2000 1A8-32281270-11316R55-113564
Loachapoka1999 1A8-54362802-111582R71-15761
Loachapoka1998 1A7-3266140R70-2621
Loachapoka1997 1A8-43982011-15338R6#3-012338
Loachapoka1996 1A8-43201571-16050R62-16424
Loachapoka1995 1A4-5130160R61-22153
 22 Years152-986133446616-1865570685-3933031900
    
Keith
Keith1982 3A4-5148262R61-328141
 1 Year4-51482620-0001-328141
    
TOTALS
 23 Years156-1036281472816-1865570686-4233312041


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Clay County shutout an amazing eleven opponents in 1996. The Panthers outscored their opponents 613-42 finishing the season 15-0.